Lord Taishang gave a helpless, bitter smile.
"You little monkey..."
Did he think I didn't know he had pocketed the eighteen Golden Elixir Sand pellets Tathagata had produced? And now he had come here to demand an explanation from me? This had been agreed upon by everyone from the start, hadn't it?
That monkey was clever enough.
After what happened last time, he knew he could not pocket my magical treasures... so he did not set his sights on the Diamond Bracelet. Instead, he went after something else. Since the Golden Elixir Sand had come from Tathagata, even if I wanted to speak up, it would be difficult.
Using Golden Elixir Sand as "toll money" had always been an unspoken rule...
How could it possibly be brought out into the open?
Left with no choice, Lord Taishang could only pinch his nose and follow Sun Wukong down to the mortal world. He put away the Diamond Bracelet, returned everyone's magical treasures, then mounted Green Ox and drifted away...
After Lord Taishang departed.
Tang Sanzang let out a faint sigh.
"Alas..."
"Why must things be this way?"
First Golden Horn and Silver Horn had caused trouble, then Green Ox, Lord Taishang's mount, had descended to the mortal world. Thinking back to the demons and monsters they had encountered before, those without backgrounds, like White Bone Spirit, were actually in the minority...
They were either attendants of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, or subordinates they had long been considering and wanted to recruit through the Journey to the West. It would have been one thing if they were merely putting on a play, but the ones suffering were not just the scripture-seeking party. Even more were the common people along the way!
Tang Sanzang, who had been forceful for so long, turned to look